Golden silk orb-weaver
The golden silk orb-weaver is a large spider with silk that shines golden in sunlight. It lives in forests and wooded areas from the southern United States to Argentina. It is special because its silk is studied by scientists, and because it is one of the largest non-tarantula spiders in North America.1

Kako ga prepoznati
- Females have a silvery white front body (cephalothorax) and a longer orange-brown abdomen with two rows of small white-yellow spots.1
- Females have dark yellow and brown banding on their legs, with black brush-like tufts of hair near the joints of the first, second and fourth leg pairs.1
- Females are about 24 to 40 mm long when fully grown.1
- Males are much smaller, about 6 mm long, with a plain dark brown body and legs.1
- The large webs are circular and vertical, and the yellow pigment in the silk gives them a golden glow in good light.1
Često se miješa s: Trichonephila plumipes also has stiff hairs on its legs. In that species the hairs are set more closely together than in the golden silk orb-weaver.1
Otrovna snaga
Otrov izlazi kroz očnjake ili zube kad ugrize.
Što radi njegov otrov kad ugrize ili ubode?
Its venom has low toxicity. It is relatively harmless and poses little health concern to healthy adult humans.1
Koliko je opasno za ljude?
Opasnost za ljude: BlagoKao ubod pčele ili slabije. Uglavnom bezopasno za ljude.It is not known to be aggressive towards humans. It bites only in self-defence if it is touched, and its venom poses little health concern to healthy adults.1
Što radi kad se uplaši?
It bites only in self-defence if it is touched.1
Ako ugrize
- Operi ugriz i stavi na njega vrećicu leda protiv boli. Potraži liječničku pomoć ako je bol jaka, širi se ili se osoba osjeća loše.
Uvijek prvo nazovi broj za hitne slučajeve (112, 000, 911). Ovo su opće upute za prvu pomoć, a ne liječnički savjet. Osnove prve pomoći
Ostani na sigurnom
- Nikad ne diraj, ne hvataj i ne zadirkuj divlju životinju, čak ni malu, i čak ni ako izgleda kao da spava ili je mrtva.
- Ostavi joj prostora. Ako je sretneš, ne paniči, polako se odmakni i pusti je da ode svojim putem.
- Ako te neka ugrize: ne paniči, miruj, nazovi broj za hitne slučajeve (112, 000, 911) ili brzo idi u bolnicu. Zapamti kako je izgledala, fotografija pomaže.
Ne želi ti ništa loše. Otrov koristi za lov hrane ili za obranu i mnogo bi se radije sakrilo. Više o sigurnosti
Koliko je veliko?
Koliko je dugo?
otprilike dugo kao spajalica
moglo bi pretrčati 100 metara za 210 sekundi (najbržem čovjeku treba 9,6)Koliko je Golden silk orb-weaver velika životinja u usporedbi s TOBOM?
Samo matematika u tvom pregledniku. Ništa se ne sprema niti šalje nikamo.
Koliko je brzo?
Činjenice
Its silk may help in surgeries involving the nervous system, as shown in past experimental studies.1
It produces seven different types of silk, and its silk is valued in spider silk research.1
Its genome was the first of the orb-weaving spiders to be completely annotated, revealing 28 unique genes for spider silk proteins.1
Some individuals living in developed areas have grown significantly larger than their rural counterparts.1
Males rarely suffer sexual cannibalism or genital mutilation, unlike males of many related species, which makes it a focus of study into spider mating.1
Females are some of the largest non-tarantula spiders in North America, and may be the largest orb-weaver species native to the United States.1
Razbijač mitova
Mit: The golden silk orb-weaver is an aggressive spider that attacks people.
Istina: It is not known to be aggressive towards humans. It bites only in self-defence if it is touched.1
Odakle su činjenice
- Trichonephila clavipes (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Trichonephila clavipes (iNaturalist): imena i klasifikacija.
- Venom Wiki: razina opasnosti, tipična veličina i procijenjena brzina naše su. Pogledaj kako ih izračunavamo: Kako ocjenjujemo opasnost.
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